Combination-swing and other articles of furniture.



I. B. SANDERS. COMBINATION SWING AND OTHER ART IGLES or FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

I. B; SANDERS. I COMBINATION SWING AND OTHER ARTICLES 01? FURNITURE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON. n. c.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

IRA B. SANDERS, 015 FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

COMBINATION-SWING AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 21, 1911.

Patented J an. 9, 1912.

Serial No. 650,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA B. SANDnRs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination- Swingsand other Articles of Furniture, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to automatic porch swings and particularly to aswing which can be converted into several different articles; and theobject is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction which can bereadily and quickly converted into the different articles of furniture,such as a porch, lawn or tree swing, cot, cradle, hammock, and settee.

In the hammock, swing, and cot a person can swing himself without muchefiort.

Another advantage is that the device can be folded into a small packagefor transportation, making a useful article for picnics and fishingparties and the like.

Another advantage is that all parts which are hingedly connected areprovided with noiseless bearings.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the followingdescription and the invention will be more particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is had to the accompaying drawings which form a part of thisapplication.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in the form of a lawn orporch or tree swing. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the deviceconverted into a settee. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device inthe form of a swinging cot. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the devicein the form of a hammock. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the devicefolded to form a childs cradle or swinging cradle. Fig. 6 is a plan viewof the foot piece. Fig. 7 is a plan view and a side elevation of a footpiece which is a variation from the foot piece shown in Fig. 6 which canbe used with the device in all the different forms. Fig. 8 is across-section of the back member. Fig. 9. is a perspective view of thesettee on, which is used the foot piece shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is adetail view of the hooks on the seat arms for engaging the chains.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same partsthroughout the several views.

The article of furniture has a main frame constructed preferably of woodand consisting of two bars 1 and slats 2 secured thereto. The seatmember consists of bars 3 and slats 4 secured thereto and the bars 3 arepivotally connected to the bars 1 of the main frame. A foot piece isprovided and the foot piece can be of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 7and 9, or of the form shown in all the other figures. The form shown inFigs. 1, 7, and 9 consists of bars 5 pivotally connected to the bars 1and slats 6 attached to the bars 5. The form shown in the other viewsconsists of a bar 7 with slats 8 and 9 secured thereto, and bars 10pivotally connected to the bars 1 and pivotally connected to the bar 7.The invention thus has a main or back rest member, a seat member, and afoot rest with a variation in the foot rest. These members aremanipulated by hooks and chains to form the various articles offurniture shown.

The variations in the furniture are made by catching the hooks in thechains at different positions. There is one chain at each side of thedevice. Considering the device as shown in Fig. 1, a chain 11 isattached to the post or bar 1 at or near the bottom, then caught onahook 12 which is rigid in the front of the seat member and then securedto the upper end of the bar 1. A similar chain is similarly attached tothe other sidev of the device. By reason of the hooks 12, the chains 11can be caught at difierent positions to vary the angle which the seatmember makes with the back rest member. Each chain 11 is provided withhooks 13, 14, and 15, and hanging chains 16 are provided. In the lawnswing, as shown in Fig. 1, the hooks 13 and 15 are idle and the hooks 14are engaging the hanging chains 16. The back rest member can be more orless inclined by making the hooks 15 engage the chains 11 higher orlower. The foot rest member can be supported at difierent heights by thechains 17 which are provided with hooks 18 which are adapted to catch inany link in the hanging chain 19. The chain 19 is connected to asupporting bar 20 by reason of a ring 21 and hook 22. The chains 17 areconnected to the foot rest member by hooks 23 and by the rings 24.

In the settee shown in Fig. 2, the foot rest is folded back under thedevice and the bar 7 is made to support the back rest member while theslat 9 forms a support or rest. The chains 11 hold the seat member atthe proper elevation. The seat member can be varied to higher or lowerelevations at the outer edge by making the hooks 12 engage differentlinks of the chains 11.

The device may be converted into a cot, as shown in Fig. 3. In this formthe hooks 14 and 15 are idle and the hooks 13 are ongaging the hangingchains 16. The chains 11 are released from the hooks 12 and the seatmember is folded down in line with the back rest member. The foot restmember is also brought in line with the back rest member by the hangingchain 26 and hook 25. A person can swing himself by pressing with hisfeet on the slat 9. The ring 26 is caught by a hook 27 which is rigidwith the bar 7.

The device can be converted into a hammock. I11 this form the hooks 13engage chains 16 and the hooks 14 and 15 are hooked into each other. Theseat member is brought to the proper angle by catching the hooks 12 inthe proper links in the chains 11. The foot rest is adjusted asheretofore described.

The device can be converted into a cradle, as shown in Fig. 5. The hooks13 engage the chains 16 and the hooks 15 engage the hooks 1 1 or engagethe chains 11 a few links above the hooks 1 1. In this form the footrest is of no service and may be turned up against the seat member. Theseat member is raised to the proper angle or to form the proper anglewith the back rest to prevent a child from falling by catching the hooks12 in links higher up in the chains 11.

It is preferable to construct the back rest member as shown in Fig. 8.Bars 28 are bolted to the bars '1 and the slats 2 are attached to thebars 28. In this manner the corners of the slats are not projecting upwhere they will injure a person. The top of the slats 2 are flush withthe top edges of the bars 1.

When the foot rest shown in Fig. 7 is used with the settee, the bars 5are unbolted from the bottom part of the bars 1 and bolted higher up, asshown in Fig. 9, and the chains 17 are brought forward and caught onhooks 29 attached to the inside of the bars 1.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. As a new article of manufacture a back rest member, a seat memberpivotally connected thereto adapted to fold and form a continuation ofthe back rest member, a footrest member pivotally connected to said backrest member and adapted to fold and to swing todiflierent positionsrelative to said back rest member to form different articles offurniture, hanging chains, a pair of supporting chains, one of each pairof chains being attached to the corners of one side of said back restmember and the other chain attached to the other corners of said backrest member, and a plurality of hooks for each of said pair of chainsadapted to engage said hanging chains at different positions and therebyto form different articles,

of furniture with said members.

2-. As a new article of manufacture, a back rest member, a seat memberpivotally connected to said back rest member at the back edge and havinghooks at the front edge, a foot rest member pivotally connected to saidback rest member, a plurality of hanging chains, chains connected tosaid foot rest member and provided with hooks to engage one ofsaidhanging chains at different positions to hold said foot rest at different elevations, and a pair of chains provided with a plurality ofhooks to engage said hanging chains at different positions to formdifferent articles of furniture, one of said pair of chains beingconnected to the corners of one side of said back rest member and theother chain connected to the corners on the other side of said back restmember.

3. As a new article of furniture, a back rest member, a chain attachedto the corners of one side of said member and a chain connected to thecorners of the other side of said member, a plurality of hooks attachedto each chain, a seat member pivotally connected to said back restmember and provided with hooks at the front edge thereof adapted toengage said chains to hold said seat member at different angles relativeto said back member, hanging chains, the hooks of said first mentionedchains being adapted to engage said hanging chains at differentelevations to form difi'erent articles of furniture, a foot rest memberpivotally connected to said back rest member, and chains attached tosaid foot rest member adapted to hold said foot rest member at differentpositions relative to said back rest member for forming differentarticles of furniture.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a back rest member, a chain on eachside thereof attached to the upper and lower corners, a seat pivotallyconnected to said back rest member and provided with hooks adapted toengage said chains at dilferent positions, a foot rest member pivotallyconnected to said back rest member and adapted to fold and to formdifferent articles of furniture with said back member, and chainsattached to said foot rest member and adapted to hold said foot restmember in different positions relative to said back rest member.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a

chair provided With a back-rest member, a foot-rest, means by which saidfoot-rest may be pivotally connected to said back-rest member atdifierent positions on said backrest member, and chains adapted, whensaid foot-rest is projected in front of said backrest member, to supportthe f00t-rest to form a swing and When the foot-rest is reversed and theback-rest member from spreading at the lower ends of the foot-rest andthe back-rest member.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand in 15 the presence of two Witnesses,this 1st day of September, 1911.

IRA B. SANDERS.

and projected in the rear of said back-rest Witnesses: member andpivotally connected thereto to A. L. JACKSON, form a chain to hold thefoot-rest member W. S. ESSEX.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

